My ten gal pygmy gourami tank was overidden with foxtail, I don't know what species this is but it looks like a rugged, thinner version of cabomba that is multibranched. This plant completely filled up the top ten inches of water, I pulled out five beautiful, large clumps of the stuff and transferred some of them to my 55 gal discus tank. The temp is the same in both tanks but the plants I just moved are dying. The clumps I left in the ten gal tank are still as lush as ever. I've seen this plant do this at pet stores shortly after it is ordered in. I do a 10% water change in the 55 gal tank often and very rarely in the garoumi tank, but I do add straight RO water right onto the plants and this never seems to harm them. The light is slightly less in the bigger tank. So does anyone know why these plants are dying in their new tank? Is it pH, lighting, the frequent water changes, or is this a sensitive plant?
I have another question as well, my red crypts grow well and then all of a sudden rot away. This seems to correspond to a water change, but I have some green crypts in the same tank that never seem to do this (knock on wood). I beleive they are both the same species. The crypts in my ten gallon tank don't rot away when I add RO water. Does anyone know why my red ones quickly rot away like this? Thanks for any help you can give me.
I have another question as well, my red crypts grow well and then all of a sudden rot away. This seems to correspond to a water change, but I have some green crypts in the same tank that never seem to do this (knock on wood). I beleive they are both the same species. The crypts in my ten gallon tank don't rot away when I add RO water. Does anyone know why my red ones quickly rot away like this? Thanks for any help you can give me.